High-performance gas measurement systems — bridging the gap between sensors and analytics

In gas measurements, there is inherent competition between sensors and analytical systems, often made difficult by a lack of understanding of approaches and constraints from both sides. This leads to controversies, sometimes simple to avoid or defuse, but sometimes leading to harsh discussions and resentment of "wrong" concepts from the respective other side. Meanwhile, collaboration between disciplines is often a key to scientific and, in the long term, economic and societal success. This is especially true today, when digitization is the pervasive topic in our society and where "sensors act as a bridge between biology and digitization." This article addresses this conflict for the field of high-performance gas measurement systems, where the two worlds of low-cost sensor systems on the one hand and high-performance analytical instruments on the other are still often at odds.